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Posted in Announcements and Upcoming Events on Oct 31st, 2013
You are cordially invited to our upcoming Persian Circle:
Mehrnaz Saeedvafa
Associate Chair and Professor at Columbia College, Cinema Art + Science
will join us for a screening and discussion of her latest film,
Jerry and Me
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 5:00–6:30pm
222 Pick Hall / 5828 South University Avenue / Chicago, IL 60637
Mehrnaz Saeedvafa has been teaching as a full time […]
Posted in History, Presentations, Religion on Oct 30th, 2013
Prof. Payne gave a fascinating talk today, and thanks to all who came! I have the recording of the session attached below; you’ll have to forgive me, I had the microphone on a little hot, so the sound is a bit distorted (especially at the beginning with my rather loud introduction) but it’s still quite […]
Posted in Announcements and Upcoming Events on Oct 28th, 2013
You are cordially invited to this week’s Persian Circle:
Richard Payne
Assistant Professor at the Oriental Institute
The Saints of Mount Bisutun: Christianizing an Icon of Iranian Imperialism
Wed. Oct. 30, 5:00pm
Pick 222
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Richard Payne is a historian of the Iranian world in Late Antiquity, ca 200 – 800 CE. His research focuses primarily on […]
Posted in History, Presentations on Oct 24th, 2013
Thanks to those of you who came to yesterday’s fascinating talk! For those of you who were unable to come, Prof. Ehsani has graciously allowed me to put up the slides and the audio recording of the session for you to enjoy here. Listen below or download the mp3.
Posted in Announcements and Upcoming Events on Oct 21st, 2013
You are cordially invited to this week’s Persian Circle:
Kaveh Ehsani
The Oil Industry and Abadan in the 1920s
Wed. Oct. 23, 5:00pm
Pick 222
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Kaveh Ehsani is assistant professor of International Studies at DePaul University. Prior to joining DePaul University he was an associate director of the Jomhur Institute of Social Research. He is […]
Posted in Announcements and Upcoming Events on Oct 14th, 2013
You are cordially invited to a very special session of the Persian Circle:
Maryam Sepehri & Anita Alkhas
will introduce and screen their film
Thicker than Paint (Habibeh)
Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 5:00pm
Pick 222
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Maryam Sepehri was born in 1970 in Gorgan, in the north of Iran. Her family moved to Tehran when she was […]
Posted in Presentations, Visual and Performing Arts on Oct 8th, 2013
Last week, Dr. Farrokh Asadi gave us a short introduction to his film, “Judith”, an adaptation of Brecht’s “The Jewish Wife”. You can listen to his presentation in the player below.
Download the mp3 here. Plus, you can see the Director’s notes to the film in English and in Persian.
Many thanks to Dr. Asadi for his […]
Posted in Announcements and Upcoming Events on Oct 7th, 2013
The Persian Circle cordially invites you to this week’s session:
JoAnn Scurlock & Richard Beal
Impressions from our recent trip to Iran:
photos and thoughts
Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 5:00pm
Pick 222
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
The talk will be in English.
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